Novel method for controlling cerebrospinal fluid flow and intracranial pressure by use of a tandem shunt valve system

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Aihara, Yasuo ^a   Kawamata, Takakazu ^a   Mitsuyama, Tetsuryu ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a   Okada, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral spinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Programmable valve; Siphon; Tandem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS; ENCEPHALITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLIOMA; MANOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77951968273     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314052     Document Type: Article

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